# AltCopy

> Context menu item to copy tooltip text: link title, "alt" image description, value of date input field, etc. to struggle with pages pretending to be friendly with text like "7 days ago" when you need actual date from tooltip for your notes.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/altcopy](https://chrome-stats.com/d/altcopy)

## Overview

- **ID:** `altcopy`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Max Nikulin
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 18
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.4.0
- **Last updated:** 2023-06-23
- **First published:** 2021-10-26
- **Size:** 35 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/altcopy/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/maxnikulin/alt-copy](https://github.com/maxnikulin/alt-copy)

## Description

AltCopy is a Firefox add-on that provides a convenient way to copy tooltip text, link titles, alt image descriptions, and more. It helps you extract and copy text from pages that restrict selection, making it useful for taking notes and other tasks.

## Rankings

- #25,797 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `menus`
- `activeTab`
- `scripting`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/altcopy)